Car-fender



(No Model.)

W. J. 85 A. S. BODY. OAR FENDER.

No. 576,652 Patented Feb. 9,1897.

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\VILLIAM J. BODY AND ADAM S. BODY, OF SHILLINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 576,652, dated February 9, 1897. Application filed September 16,1896. Serial No; 605,997. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, WILLIAM J. BODY and ADAM S. BODY, citizens of the United States, residing at Shillington, countyof Berks, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Car-Fenders, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to car-fenders; and it consists in an improved construction whereby safety and simplicity of operation are combined in a. light and economical structure.

The invention is fullydescribed in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the novel features are specifically pointed out in the claims. Y Figure l is a longitudinal section of a fender embodying our improvements, indicating in full lines the ordinary position of the guardframe and its operative mechanism and in dotted lines the position it assumes when a body falls upon the fender. Fig. 2 is a partial plan View of the same.

A A represent the end of a car-body with dasher.

The frame of the fender is made preferably of metal, either in tubular or solid form, and consists of side bars 0 and transverse bars 0 O rigidly connected thereto, and it is removably attached to the end of the car, as shown, by means of coupling ends 0 c, engaging brackets B near the bottom of the car-body, and rods, cords, or chains, connected at B near the top of the dasher. To the forward end of this main frame is pivoted at g g a guardframe G, having at its forward end a cushion or roller H, mounted on a transverse rod g This guard-frame normally rests upon the transverse bar 0 of the main frame with a downward incline sufficient to bring the roller II suitably near the road-bed.

The platform of the fender has a separate frame D, with transverse bars D D at front and rear, respectively. The platform is movably supported on the main frame 0 by means of links F F, pivoted thereto at f and to the frame 0 atff, so as to permit a swinging movement of the platform while maintaining it in a horizontal position. This movable platform is connected to the guard-frame G, as shown, by means of a suitable connection, (indicated by the dotted lines J between the forward links F and short arms 9 frame.

of the guard-frame.) The weight of the guardframe relative to that of the platform and the means by which said parts are connected are relatively such that said platform will be held normally elevated by said frame.

The platform D is preferably provided with an upward extension'D near the car-body, having a brace D and a transverse bar D and a netting E (indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1) covers the platform and also the guardframe G, as shown.

The fender may be readily removed from one end of the car to the other, as usual. When applied to the car, the guard-frame naturally drops to the inclined position indicated in Fig. l, and the platform D is held in raised position, as shown, with the links F F always inclined rearward, bythe Weight of the guardframe. If a person or other sizable object be struck by the roller H, he or it will fall or roll upon the raised platform D, and this added weight will cause the platform to automatically swing rearward and downward until it rests upon a positive support, which,as shown, consists of a catch 0, fixed to the transverse bar 0' of the main frame and adapted to en gage the transverse bar D of the platform- This swinging movement of the platform at the same time automatically raises the guard-frame G to the upwardly-inclined position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the body is thus prevented from rolling off the fender, as is ordinarily liable to occur.

Having thus specifically described our invention, We do not desire to limit ourselves to the exact construction shown, as different modifications may be readily devised without departing from the spirit of the invention.

lVhat we claim is- 1. In a car-fender, the combination of a main frame, having a transverse bar at its front end, a guard-frame pivoted to said main frame and normally resting upon said transverse bar, said guard-frame having short arms extending rearward beyond its pivots, a platform, inclined links pivoted to the platform and main frame and sustaining the former normally above the latter, and connections between the forward links and the short arms of the guard-frame,substantiallyas described.

2. The herein-described car-fender, embodying a main frame having means for attransverse bars at its opposite ends, a guardframe pivoted to the side bars of said main frame and normally resting upon the forward transverse bar thereof, the rear end of said guard-frame having short arms extending beyond its pivots, a movable platform, inclined links, pir'oted to the side bars of the main frame and side bars of the movable platform, and supporting the latter above said frame, a projection from the rear bar of the frame, arranged to engage and support the movable platform when the latter is depressed, and a connection between the forward links and short arms of the guard-frame for raising the latter when the platform is lowered, as specified.

3. In a ear-fender, the combination with the main frame, of a movable platform supported by inclined links, and a pivoted guardframe, connected to said platform and of such weight relatively thereto as to hold the same normally elevated, as specified.

4. The herein-described ear-fender, eonsistin g of a main frame having means for atiaehing it to a ear-body, and also having transverse bars at its opposite ends, a down- \vardly-inclined guard-frame pivoted to the side bars of the main frame and normally resting upon the front transverse bar thereof, said guard-frame having short arms projecting beyond its pivots at an angle with its main part, a movable platform having rearwardly-projecting inclined arms near its rear end, inclined braces for said arms, extending from the side bars of the movable platform to the same, an apron extending from the upper ends of said arms to the front end of the guard-frame, inclin'ed links pivoted to the side bars of the main frame and side bars of the movable platform and supporting the latter above said frame, a projection from the rear bar of the frame, arranged to engage and support the movable platform when the latter is depressed, and a connection between the forward link and short arm of the guardframe, substantially as described and for the purposes specified.

111 testimony whereof We affix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

XVILLIAM J. BODY. ADAM S. BODY.

Witnesses:

W. G. STEWART, ADAM L. OTTERBEIN. 

